ProJo: Affordable housing urged as 'pathway to economic recovery' in R.I.

By Madeleine List | Journal Staff Writer

Posted: May 7, 2020 at 5:29 PM

Updated: May 7, 2020 at 5:53 PM

PROVIDENCE — Housing advocates on Thursday called on state legislators to factor affordable housing into their plans to rebuild the state's economy, which has been battered by the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic.

“I encourage our legislators, our advocates and our community leaders to be courageous, to be bold and to find the solution so that Rhode Island is truly a safe and affordable place to call home,” Cortney Nicolato, president and CEO of the United Way of Rhode Island, said while hosting a Zoom call with other advocates and lawmakers on Thursday.

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